GOtt wohnt in einem Licht / zu dem die Bahn gebricht; Wer es nicht selber wird / der sieht ihn ewig nicht.
Chor-Fantasie
Song Cycle by Rudi Spring (b. 1962)
1. GOtt wohnt in einem Licht  [sung text not yet checked]
Text Authorship:
- by Johannes Scheffler (1624 - 1677), as Angelus Silesius, "GOtt wohnt in einem Licht", appears in Cherubinischen Wandersmann, first published 1657
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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]2. Die Ros' ist ohn' Warum  [sung text not yet checked]
Die Ros' ist ohn warumb / sie blühet weil sie blühet / Sie achtt nicht jhrer selbst / fragt nicht ob man sie sihet.
Text Authorship:
- by Johannes Scheffler (1624 - 1677), as Angelus Silesius, no title
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- ENG English (Peter Palmer) , "Without why", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
3. Das überlichte Licht  [sung text not yet checked]
Das überlichte Licht schaut man in diesem Leben Nicht besser, als wann man in's Dunkle sich begeben.
Text Authorship:
- by Johannes Scheffler (1624 - 1677), as Angelus Silesius, "Göttliche Beschauung", appears in Cherubinischen Wandersmann, first published 1657
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- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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4. Im Gewitter der Rosen
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Text Authorship:
- by Ingeborg Bachmann (1926 - 1973), copyright ©
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